CVE-2011-1787 Race condition in n/a
A race condition in VMware HGFS allows guest users to escalate privileges by mounting a filesystem over an arbitrary directory.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2011-1787?
CVE-2011-1787 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vmware Esx, published on 6 Jun 2011. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Race condition in mount.vmhgfs in the VMware Host Guest File System (HGFS) in VMware Workstation 7.1.x before 7.1.4, VMware Player 3.1.x before 3.1.4, VMware Fusion 3.1.x before 3.1.3, VMware ESXi 3.5 through 4.1, and VMware ESX 3.0.3 through 4.1 allows guest OS users to gain privileges on the guest OS by mounting a filesystem on top of an arbitrary directory.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1787?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Vmware Esx, Vmware Esxi, Vmware Fusion, Vmware Player, Vmware Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2011-1787?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2011-1787 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1787 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Vmware Esx
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1787, GHSA-cm43-w9vf-5r6r.